At least 18 people, including one child, have been killed in a traffic accident on the outskirts of Moscow, the Russian capital’s emergency services said Saturday, RIA Novosti reported.
The collision between a packed passenger coach and a goods lorry loaded with crushed stone took place in Moscow in the early afternoon on Saturday, the Emergencies Ministry said.
It confirmed that 18 people died in the accident and a further 28 have been hospitalized, 15 of them gravely injured.
